Foreword by James Marston Fitch
Introduction
Part I: The Medieval Echo
An English Tradition
• The English Hall
• The Hall-and-Parlor
• The Cross House
• The Wing House
• The Lean-to House
• The Tudor Chimney
• The Gambrel Roof
• The Gabled House
• The Cape Cod Cottage
• The Half House in the City
A Dutch Tradition
• The Town House
• The Straight-Edge Gable: The Dutch Original
• The Straight-Edge Gable: An Anglo-American Translation
• Patterned Brickwork: The Dutch Original
• Patterned Brickwork: An Anglo-American Translation
• The False Front: The Dutch Original
• The False Front: An American Translation
• The Dutch Farmhouse
• The Dutch Interior
• The Flemish Farmhouse
The Log Tradition and Pioneer House
• A Swedish Tradition
• The New Immigrants
• National Types
• The Great Plains Dwelling
• Millionaire’s Log Cabin
A German Tradition
• The Medieval Echo
• The German Interior
• A Pennsylvania Vernacular
• A Persistent Heritage
A French Tradition
• The Mississippi Valley
• The Louisiana Plantation House
• The New Orleans Town House
• The Acadians
• The Gallery House
• A Southern Vernacular
A Spanish Tradition
• St. Augustine, Florida
• New Mexico
• California
Part II: The Classic Period
The Georgian Period
• Early Georgian: Wren Baroque
• Mid-Georgian: The Palladian Style
• The Queen Anne House: A Vernacular Survivor
• The Row House: A Classic Evolution
• The Temple-Form House
The Federal Period
• The Late Georgian Style
• The Adam Style
• The Regency Shift
• Republican Rome
The Greek Revival
• The Temple-Form Mansion
• The Temple-Form House
• The Cobblestone House
• American Basic
• Corinthian Elegance
• Ornamental Ironwork
Part III: The Victorian Age
The Romantic Revivals
• The Gothic Revival
• Carpenter’s Gothic
• The Villa Styles
• Italianate Variations
• The Octagon House
• The Italianate Row House
• The Victorian Parlor
The Mansardic and Stick Styles
• The Mansardic Styles
• The Stick Styles
• Eastlake Gothic
• Eastlake Patterning
• High Victorian Eastlake
• The Picturesque Villa
The Surface Styles
• Victorian Queen Anne
• The Romanesque Revival
• Art Nouveau
• High Victorian Romanesque
• The Shingle Style
• The Georgian Revival
• A Victorian Epilogue
Part IV: An American Renaissance
The Beaux Arts Palaces
• A Gothic Echo
• The Italian Renaissance
• The French Renaissance
• The Town House
• The 20th Century
The Traditional Styles
• The Colonial Styles
• The Picturesque House
• The Mediterranean Styles
• America’s Dream House
Part V: The Modern House
The American Innovators
• The Prairie House
• The California Style
• Echoes of Art Nouveau
• The Mayan Period
• The Natural House
• The Regional House
The International Style
• An American Prelude
• The European Influence
• European Imports
• The Prefabricated House
• The Glass House
• The Mies Idiom
• Modifying the Glass Wall
• Modifying the American House
• A New Direction
The Shifting Scene
• The New Roof
• The New Geometry
• The New Brutalism
• The Shed/Shingle Revival
• Post-Modern Architecture: The Inclusivists
• Neo-Modern Architecture: The Exclusivists
• The Solar House
• The Ground-Heated House
• The Air-Loop House
Notes
Acknowledgements
Houses Open to the Public
Sources of the Drawings
Index
Source Citation
Foley, Mary Mix. The American House. New York, NY: Harper Colophon Books. 1980.
Key Facts
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